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Offline dirtskirt

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Kuwahara ID ??
« on: September 14, 2014, 12:07 PM »
Hi all , Im not that knowledged up Kuwie's but i picked up this one yesterday and done some searching around last night to try and id it -


 










I was leaning towards an 84 Nova , then onto a Bravo ? Now it seems more like a 86 Nova Titleist -
Like this one -
 

Im just gonna get some paint stripper on the BB to see what stamping there is ? at the moment i can only see some faint numbers under the spray - 86 81 86

Will post more pics in a mo  :daumenhoch:




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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2014, 12:34 PM »
Ok , just stripped back the white spray paint -



Serial - 86081636

Does,nt look to be any other markings on it ,

Will check the steerer tube if needed tho .
« Last Edit: September 14, 2014, 03:18 PM by dirtskirt »

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2014, 12:41 PM »
Was about to ask is it original paint, then seen your 2nd post.

Did the paint stripper not touch the red paint underneath?   :-\

A Kuwi expert on here may be able to confirm what Kuwaharas came with red paint in 86.  :)

This link I put on retrodans thread but does not have info on freestylers but will do in the future.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http://www.kuwahara-bmx.com/&rct=j&frm=1&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ei=8lYVVKzWKM2RaPGigOgG&ved=0CCcQFjAC&usg=AFQjCNEaIRyNj16g2i8c8WgG0p8eRjxR8A
« Last Edit: September 14, 2014, 01:12 PM by BMX1973 »

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2014, 12:43 PM »
nice find and yep  i would have had that if you hadn`t bought it , will be a great resto as a lot of original bits on it
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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2014, 01:03 PM »
The white spray came off really easy and left the orig underneath all ok,


« Last Edit: September 14, 2014, 03:19 PM by dirtskirt »

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2014, 02:42 PM »
Difficult to tell from that pic but is the og paintwork red or pink?
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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2014, 03:01 PM »
August 86 i'd say. Could be a Nova or Laserlite.

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2014, 03:17 PM »
Yeah more flourescent pink id say ,

 86 Laserlite 3000 here - http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=31655

And an 86 Nova Titleist here - http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=584550



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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2014, 03:57 PM »
Good shout it's a Titleist. All stock parts by the look of it as well :)
I think production had moved from Japan to Taiwan at this stage.
It could well be the same frame as the Laserlite 3000.

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2014, 04:09 PM »
Yeah thats what i thought , same frame different parts  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2014, 06:28 PM »
Possible trades for british Race survivor ,completes or F&f etc..
« Last Edit: September 14, 2014, 07:25 PM by dirtskirt »

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Re: Kuwahara ID ??
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2014, 10:44 AM »
I like the kuwie in completely white. Like a stallion.


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